Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • Economy - Economics USA Chicago Blues: Tenured Teachers Laid Off 07-22-2013 • . Having closed 11 percent of the city’s public schools in May, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has now been forced to fire 2,000 employees, including 1,000 teachers—half of whom were tenured. Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: